Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942)
- 6 x 12.7 - mm guns ( 3x2 )
- 6 x 25 - mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns ( 3x2 )
- 15 x torpedo tubes ∅ 61- cm ( 3x5 )
Armament mid-1944:
- 4 x 12.7 mm guns (2x2)
- 28 x 25 - mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns ( 4x3, 1x2, 14x1 )
- 15 x torpedo tubes ∅ 61- cm ( 3x5 )
Type -22 radar system ( for detection of sea targets )
The Shimakaze was a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was used in World War II.
Design
The Shimakaze was an attempt prototype for the use of a new type of high-pressure steam boilers with the Japanese Navy.
Compared to its predecessor class ( Kagero - class) they displaced 410 ts more was 7.62 m long and 0.4 m wide. This allowed the number of torpedo armament to increase to 15 tubes in three five -part sets. Sixteen other ships from the construction program should be built in 1942, but were never commissioned.
Inserts
The Shimakaze took part in the evacuation of the Aleutian Islands in June 1943 and was then sent part of the Combined Fleet at Truk. With this, the destroyer took part in the defense of the Mariana Islands, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and in the sea and air battle of Leyte Gulf.
When the supply of Japanese troops in Ormoc Shimakaze the north-east of Cebu was attacked and sunk by carrier aircraft of Task Force 38.